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D35

West Ham

Liverpool

27/04 - 12:30

CH
D45

QPR

Leeds United

26/04 - 20:00

Benfica 1996/1997

Portugal

mLisboamestablished in 1904

	G	W	D	L	GD
Cup Winners Cup	6	4	1	1	10-5
Primeira Liga	34	17	7	10	49-30
Supercup	2	0	0	2	0-6
Portuguese Cup	6	5	0	1	17-8
	48	26	8	14	76-49

[Penalty shoot-outs (P.S.) and coin-toss decisions (CT) are considered draws]

Goalkeeper

20 -yrs-old

38 -yrs-old

25 -yrs-old

19 -yrs-old

Defender

29 -yrs-old

25 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

23 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

22 -yrs-old

20 -yrs-old

Abdelkrim El-Hadrioui

25 -yrs-old

Lúcio Wágner

21 -yrs-old

Nélson Morais

23 -yrs-old

Midfielder

21 -yrs-old

25 -yrs-old

25 -yrs-old

33 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

21 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

21 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

23 -yrs-old

24 -yrs-old

17 -yrs-old

Forward

20 -yrs-old

31 -yrs-old

27 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

25 -yrs-old

19 -yrs-old

26 -yrs-old

28 -yrs-old

Michel Preud’homme

47 Games

2	Valdo	43 G
3	João Vieira Pinto	42 G
4	Jorge Bermúdez	38 G
4	Tahar El-Khalej	38 G

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João Vieira Pinto

16 Goals Scored

2	Donizete	9 G
3	Valdo	8 G
4	Valdir Bigode	6 G
4	Edgar	6 G

See complete list

An XI based on the most used players throughout the season. Minimum of 10 games.

NATIONALITIES

Country	Value
Portugal	16 (43.2%)
Brazil	7 (18.9%)
Morocco	3 (8.1%)
Bulgaria	2 (5.4%)
Angola	2 (5.4%)
Argentina	1 (2.7%)
Sweden	1 (2.7%)
Netherlands	1 (2.7%)
Colombia	1 (2.7%)
Belgium	1 (2.7%)
Cape Verde	1 (2.7%)
Romania	1 (2.7%)

Average scores

Item	Value
Players	37
Average Age	25.19
Average Height	180 cm
Average Weight	75 Kg

Manager

Manuel José

51 -yrs-old

Manager

Paulo Autuori

40 -yrs-old

Manager

Mário Wilson

67 -yrs-old

Other Staff

Pedro Almeida

Psychologist

Shéu Han

Sporting Director

Peres Bandeira

Scout

Dr. Bernardo de Vasconcelos

Club Doctor

Club Doctor

Kit man

Club Doctor

Physiotherapist

Massage therapist

Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager

Goalkeeper Coach

Assistant Manager

President

Other Directors

Vice-President

Sporting Director

Asset Manager

Official Competitions

3º

Primeira Liga 1996/97

GamesTeam Stats

2.ª

Portugal Supercup 1996

GamesTeam Stats

2.ª

Portuguese Cup 1996/97

Games

Cup Winners Cup 1996/97

GamesTeam Stats

Unofficial Competitions

Pre-season 1996/97

Games

2.ª

Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu 1996

Games

NameSport Lisboa e Benfica

Nickname(s)Águias, Encarnados, Glorioso

Foundation Year1904-02-28

City/TownLisboa

Country

Portugal

AssociationAF Lisboa

KitAdidas

SponsorEmirates | Sagres

Kit

Other connections

Num.FPF1023

ChairmanRui Costa

MergesSport Benfica (1908/09)

Historical evolutionSport Lisboa, Benfica

AddressAv. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira Apartado 4100 1501-805 Lisboa

Official Sitehttp://www.slbenfica.pt/

E-mail[email protected]

RankingsUEFA: 20 [2023/24] | IFFHS: 10 [May]

Official Anthem

Player	Team	Amount
Veiga	FC Alverca	-
Ramires	Vitória SC	-
Nélson Morais		-
Gustavo	Marítimo	-
Lúcio Wagner	Corinthians-AL	-
Amaral	Parma	-
Glenn Helder	Arsenal	-
Hadrioui	FAR Rabat	-
Martin Pringle	Helsingborg	-
Donizete	Tokyo Verdy	-
Jamir	Botafogo	-
Jorge Bermúdez	América de Cali	-
Tahar	U. Leiria	-
Valdir	São Paulo	-
Ronaldo	Atlético-MG	-
Tiago	Marítimo	-
Jorge Soares	Farense	-

Out (1.38 M €)

Player	Team	Amount
Simões	Académico de Viseu	-
Flávio Casal	CAC	-
Ricardo Oliveira	FC Alverca	-
Nuno Pires	CAC	-
Mário	CAC	-
Pombo	Benf. Castelo Branco	-
Ramalho	Almada AC	-
Galhofas	Campomaiorense	-
Pedro Rodrigues	U. Almeirim	-
Cláudio Lourenço	Fut. Benfica	-
Edgar Mourato	CAC	-
Daniel	Fut. Benfica	-
Bruno Santinho	Benavente	-
Serginho	CAC	-
João Seminário	Sp. Lourel	-
João Raposo	Belenenses	-
João Caramelo	CAC	-
Pedro Monteiro	FC Alverca	-
Marco Rafael	Olhanense	-
Nuno Sampaio	Alverca	-
Vitor Couto	CAC	-
Luís Nunes	SL Olivais	-
Lúcio Wagner	Alverca	-
Sousa	Alverca	-
Adolfo Soares	Desp. Beja	-
José Soares	Alverca (loan)	-
Gustavo	Cruzeiro	-
Paulo Pereira	Genoa	-
Donizete	Corinthians	-
Akwá	Alverca (loan)	-
Dimas	Juventus	-
Jamir	Flamengo	-
Valdo	Nagoya	-
Bruno Basto	Alverca	-
Paredão	Alverca	-
Edgar	Alverca	-
Veiga	Alverca	-
Ramires	Alverca (loan)	-
Veríssimo	Alverca	-
Marcelo	Alavés	-
Maniche	Alverca (loan)	-
Pedro Roma	Académica	-
Paulo Bento	Real Oviedo	1.38 M €
Kenedy	Paris SG	-
Hélder	Deportivo	-

Football

Futsal

Nine-a-side

Seven-a-side

Act. Lúdicas (Max. 5)

Beach Soccer

Rink Hockey

Handball

Basketball

Volleyball

São Domingos de Benfica - Lisboa

Capacity120000

Pitch size105x74

Founded1954

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Liga Inglesa	Cole Palmer 20 Goals Scored	Arsenal +1 Pts.	3 Wins Least Wins
Championship	Sammie Szmodics 25 Goals Scored	Leicester City +4 Pts.	4 Wins Least Wins
League One	Alfie May 23 Goals Scored	Portsmouth +5 Pts.	7 Wins Least Wins
League Two	Macaulay Langstaff 28 Goals Scored	Stockport County +7 Pts.	9 Wins Least Wins
National League	Paul McCallum 31 Goals Scored	Chesterfield +12 Pts.	8 Wins Least Wins

Benfica 1996/1997

Summary(1996/97)

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MOST USED XI

NATIONALITIES

Average scores

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